Practice Area: Appeals
Date: Nov 04, 2002
Outcome: Affirmed. Expertly advocated
Description: Subsidiary findings must be supported by a preponderance of the evidence. Such findings will not be... more
Practice Area: Appeals
Date: Feb 08, 2002
Outcome: Affirmed. Expertly advocated
Description: Ample support for the findings and the judge's conclusion. Citation: 762 N.E.2d 328, 53 Mass.App.Ct.... more
Practice Area: Guardianship
Date: Nov 13, 2001
Outcome: Expertly advocated
Description: Clear and convincing evidence. Judge's ultimate determination on fitness. Guardianship of children.... more
Practice Area: Appeals
Date: Oct 04, 2001
Outcome: Affirmed.
Description: Clear and convincing evidence. Effective assistance of counsel. Citation: 755 N.E.2d 836, 52 Mass.... more
Practice Area: Appeals
Date: Jul 09, 2001
Outcome: Affirmed. Expertly advocated
Description: Adoption, Dispensing with parent's consent. Parent and Child, Dispensing with parent's consent to... more
Practice Area: Appeals
Date: Nov 30, 2000
Outcome: Vacated
Description: When there is a deprivation of a constitutionally protected interest a party has a right to require... more
Practice Area: Appeals
Date: Jun 02, 2000
Outcome: Affirmed. Expertly advocated
Description: The express language of G.L. c. 119, § 26(4), permits, and in some instances mandates, that the... more
Practice Area: Appeals
Date: Feb 07, 2000
Outcome: Affirmed.
Description: Termination of parental rights. Child custody. Rights of children. Citation: 723 N.E.2d 48, 48 Mass.... more
Practice Area: Guardianship
Date: Nov 05, 1999
Outcome: Affirmed. Expertly advocated
Description: Unfitness of a parent based upon incarceration. Reasonable effort to reunification of a parent and... more
Practice Area: Adoption
Date: Sep 28, 1999
Outcome: Affirmed. Expertly advocated
Description: Parental failure to keep contact with children. Drug abuse. Clear and convincing evidence of... more
